Mazda Develops New Body Color, “Zinc Green Metallic”

Ya it definitely was, like the other guy said 2001 I guess. My sister was at the dealer in 2001 buying a new car and they had a green one in the showroom

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IStillLikeBeers@reddit

There hasn't been a BRG Miata since 2001. But, BRG was never a standard color anyway, just one model year each as a special edition for the NA and NB.

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Bmotley@reddit

I'd be happy with the 'Cypress' they offer on the CX-50.

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byerss@reddit

We need more greens like this across the industry.

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007Pistolero@reddit

It’s crazy how hard it is to find green cars that aren’t such a dark green that it’s just black from most angles

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topherhead@reddit

For my Cayman I really wanted Python green but they discontinued it before my order so I got shark blue instead. I'm happy with it but man. Python was so good.

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HoveringHog@reddit

Funny story, once upon a time, green was the most popular car color.

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The_Bucket_Of_Truth@reddit

Yeah I had the same thought. To be able to get that with tan Recaros inside I feel like would sell really well in this climate where green is trendy.

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Bamres@reddit

My dad got that color, beautiful green.

Surprising because hes last 4 cars were grey, black, black and primer grey

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ace0702@reddit

If I'm not mistaken, that's actually Toyota's color and it's only on the CX-50 because that car is built at a joint factory

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haelous@reddit

Heck yes this color is sick, offer it across the whole line.

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WolfyCat@reddit

That red is really stunning, every time I see it.

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The crystal soul red is such an interesting color. Put it in the right lighting and it's a gorgeous, beautiful red with a lot of depth. A color that I absolutely enjoy. And then you put it under a grey rain day/ overcast and it becomes a surprisingly normal darkish red. But in the sun, amazing.

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Kmaaq@reddit

Ferrari makes that it's called verde jewel

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byerss@reddit

Hell yes, that is beautiful.

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stanleypup@reddit

You're going to need to buy a Toyota sienna to get that

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Alieges@reddit

Yes, Or a juiced up blinged out Mazda version of Aztec Green Pearl.

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SenTedStevens@reddit

An electric lime green would be so much better.

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dannerc@reddit

I agree, but I also kind of like this tint of green

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SizeableFowl@reddit

Probably Toyota influence worming its way in. Their buyers get excited for colors like ‘Concrete’.

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NeighborhoodDude84@reddit

How dare people like things that I dont like? Dont they know who I am?

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SizeableFowl@reddit

Exactly!

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SqueezyCheez85@reddit

Voodoo blue, inferno red, lunar rock... Toyota had a ton of great colors. Mazda has zero (save for the 2019 orange).

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molrobocop@reddit

Also in the past, Desert Sand, Army Green.

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durrtyurr@reddit

Terra was very cool color from Toyota recently. Their yearly TRD Pro releases tend to look really cool.

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SizeableFowl@reddit

Soul Red is a GOAT color, the orange was cool but I really wish they’d bring back Celestial Blue Mica

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HoveringHog@reddit

Halo White on my GR86 is lovely too. It’s a metallic white with creamy undertones.

Also, you forgot Mazda’s two best colors. Artisan Red and Soul Red Crystal.

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SqueezyCheez85@reddit

Artisan and Soul are old people colors. They aren't fun. Them being the best colors shows you how dire their color situation is.

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HoveringHog@reddit

In what world is a bright, two tone metallic red and a metallic wine red old people colors? Old people colors are this Zinc Green, and maybe a nice tan color. Or maybe grey.

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SqueezyCheez85@reddit

Soul Red is not bright. And burgundy is a classic old people color.

You're comparing modern Mazda colors to each other. Gimme Classic Red, Sunburst Yellow, Mariner Blue...

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HoveringHog@reddit

You mean, flat red, flat blue, and flat yellow? Brother, those are old people colors, not a metallic two tone red. They’re dated. They looked good on the NA Miata, 35 years ago. Nowadays they don’t belong on new cars.

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SqueezyCheez85@reddit

I'm talking about bright colors. Look at the colors Jeep uses. They're awesome. Honda and Subaru have some really nice bright colors as well.

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HoveringHog@reddit

Bright doesn’t always mean good. By that same metric, I could paint a car tennis ball green and it would be a “good color”.

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SqueezyCheez85@reddit

I'm not making that claim. I'm saying Mazda's current paint offerings are boring and I would like brighter paint options to rectify that.

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HoveringHog@reddit

Boring to you, despite that, I’d like more colors from Mazda too. What I wouldn’t like though are more flat colors. Given the shape of modern Mazdas, Miata’s especially, benefit from metallic and pearls.

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coffeebribesaccepted@reddit

False, Soul Red is an amazing color

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clickstops@reddit

Soul red crystal metallic is awesome

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ctrlaltcreate@reddit

Mazda's dark gray is also excellent, as such things go.

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airfryerfuntime@reddit

I dunno, my neighbor has a bright metallic red CX50 that looks really cool in the sunlight.

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SqueezyCheez85@reddit

Soul Red looks great in a very small time window where the sun hits it exactly right. 99% of the time it just looks too dark.

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_galaga_@reddit

Saw a blue flame Corolla GR yesterday and that’s a striking blue in person.

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SqueezyCheez85@reddit

Yeah that color is sick. This is exactly the type of color I would describe as "bright". Compare that to Soul Red or Artisan... not even in the same ballpark of "bright."

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FourEyesAndThighs@reddit

Considering Cypress Green is a Toyota color that Mazda now uses, you couldn't be more incorrect.

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Phazushift@reddit

Is concrete nardo grey? Because every make has their own version of this color.

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ObsurdBadger@reddit

I have a TC2 in concrete. Its such ass, but it still takes me two hands to count how many people told me it looks awesome.

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mkmckinley@reddit

Kind of like a British racing green

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CMDR_omnicognate@reddit

Dull colours tend to sell better unfortunately

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AwesomeBantha@reddit

I’d hope this doesn’t apply to Miata buyers. The very definition of a fun, lighthearted car, and then people pick the least fun color possible.

Somehow Dodge has figured this out and offered great colors for the Challenger/Charger, and people actually bought them. Even though the current gen is a dud, they give you one option for white/grey/black and then everything else is an actual color.

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IStillLikeBeers@reddit

Sadly, Mazda has really cut fun colors from the Miata. This graphic is pretty sad.

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CD_4M@reddit

The article lays out the reasons in painstaking detail….

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nondescriptzombie@reddit

Have you ever seen green zinc?

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maxstolfe@reddit

Because matte grey sells right now.

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chrike01@reddit

Eh, it’s better than the green Alfa is doing.

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108pdx@reddit

Emerald Green Mica is what they should have done

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teeksquad@reddit

Calling this new is a joke, my first car, a 1996 Chevy Corsica was this color

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pants_full_of_pants@reddit

Not sure if you read the headline and thought they literally invented a new color

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LeanGroundQueef@reddit

Hardly even green. It's like a hint of a hint of green mixed into a blue-grey.

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hm9408@reddit

Hank Green - Why do cars suddenly look like putty??

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MNAAAAA@reddit

What's with all these putty lookin ass whips???

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HawaiiClipper@reddit

-Hank Green

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Potential-Recover-78@reddit

Millenia greige. Can’t have fun colors anymore.

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CryptoCrash87@reddit

Probably because Subaru sold ten billion units with cool grey khaki or whatever they call it. So Mazda decided to jump on the muted color bandwagon.

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PositivelyAwful@reddit

Because color doesn't sell anymore. Everyone wants neutral boring cars.

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themigraineur@reddit

"You gave me the ugly" -Patrick Star

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creep_nu@reddit

What, you don't want your miata to be faded single stage British racing green?

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familyguy20@reddit

JUST MAKE A GODDDAMN GREEN THAT LOOKS AS GOOD AS SOUL RED 😩

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ThreeNC@reddit

Trying to build up hype so you'll pay extra for paint. No thanks.

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NeonLime@reddit

What a tragedy

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Vhozite@reddit

Fuck off that’s gray

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stupidber@reddit

Thats grey shit

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edvurdsd@reddit

Which is what the market loves. Everything is just a shade of gray these days.

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ChuckYeager_Bombs@reddit

I work for a running company and we make some amazing colorways in footwear. Year over year, gray, black, white is all the stores want because that’s all people ask for. It’s such a bummer

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sarahbotts@reddit

Ngl I love all of the bright shoes and buy them! But I'm def the minority in this, I hate the black and white ones.

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YourMatt@reddit

I like my shoes to work with the colors of my workout clothes, and not limit my clothes colors to my shoes since the clothes last much longer. It’s best to go with what works with everything. I do see plenty of people at the gym rocking different colorful shoes on different days. I don’t have the closet space for that, plus I don’t want to look like I’ve put that kind of thought into it. I do think about it, but I don’t want people to know that, so boring colors it is.

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higuy721@reddit

Why don’t you want people to notice you’ve put thought into your outfit?

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YourMatt@reddit

I do actually like to project that I do care about my outfit when I'm actually out. At the gym, I don't really want to look like I'm trying hard to get noticed there. I have my headphones on and I'm in my own world. I prefer to feel invisible.

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Coriandercilantroyo@reddit

"Effortless" is a vibe

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edvurdsd@reddit

It’s just the safe albeit boring option. I love my wife’s soul red and my portimao blue. Feels good in the sea of gray that is the road.

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LiquidDiviums@reddit

I do think a lot of modern shapes of car suit black/gray color much better.

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Shienvien@reddit

Black accents go with almost any colour. I don't think there is a colour that's as inoffensive as accent as black.

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Shallow_wanderer@reddit

On my life why the hell are people so boring

Anyone who actually likes grey/silver/white/black on a car is probably the same type of autopilot drone who thinks Olive Garden and Marvel Movies are the greatest thing since sliced bread, like I'm sorry but I simply can't be that boring and continue existing

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Land_of_Kirk_@reddit

I like buying colorful race day shoes. Keep up the good work!

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scroopydog@reddit

Pearl Izumi had great colors when they made running shoes. I have a few friends that work on the design team, I was so bummed when they dropped the lines.

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SigmaBallsLol@reddit

is it what the market wants or is it what the dealerships force on us because it's more convenient?

If 50 people want blue but will settle for black, and 50 want red but will settle for black, and end up going 25 blue 25 red 50 black, then the dealerships just see they need more black cars. Repeat this for 10+ years and we get the sea of monochrome we see now especially once it infected the used market.

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cookingboy@reddit

In North America that sure is the case.

But during my trips in Japan and China I see so many more colorful cars.

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Level-Event2188@reddit

I paint vehicles at a vehicle plant. We have 10 different shades of gray, not to mention black, white and silver

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Wardog008@reddit

50 (thousand) Shades of Grey

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Supper_Champion@reddit

I'm just about to buy a new Toyota Corolla, and the base model offers white, black, silver. Booooring.

Immediately I was willing to go up trim levels to get a more interesting colour, which I'm sure is one of the reasons the base models just get the popular, bland colours.

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Terrh@reddit

https://imgur.com/a/WFTHYNN

It looks pretty green to me?

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Vhozite@reddit

Green for people afraid of real colors.

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xdojk@reddit

This is how you find out you're colour blind

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HirsuteHacker@reddit

Pretty clearly green on my screen

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SenTedStevens@reddit

Mazda Millennial Gray.

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PM_CITY_WINDOW_VIEWS@reddit

Nah man, as a millennial I love early 90s neons on things like cars. Give me more of those abstract wave and sunset patterns in purple pink or lime green with blue combos.

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coffeebribesaccepted@reddit

Am millennial – I like the Dolphin Greys from VW and Porsche, Toyota Lunar Rock, Nardo Grey. I don't like this Mazda one.

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aka_mank@reddit

It’s Grayn

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SlayerSEclipse@reddit

You can have any color you want, as long as it’s gray

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Erlend05@reddit

I reserve my judgement till i see it in person but it does look rather gray

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sugarfreeeyecandy@reddit

I've been referring to this color pallet as stormy sky colors. Every one of them is lifted from the range of colors in stormy skies. They are pretty, but I personally prefer bolder colors not usually seen in nature.

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doug_Or@reddit

Is it my phone or is this just a new gray?

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DM725@reddit

It's green on my 4K Mini-LED monitor. Everyone is viewing the picture with a different display so there will be people that see it as grayer than I am.

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A_Fartist@reddit

Yeah, I’m on an iPhone with the brightness at about 90% and I see green, a dulled green but still very much green.

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Oh_ffs_seriously@reddit

a dulled green

It's green the same way homeopathic medicine is medicine.

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A_Fartist@reddit

Perceive it how you will, doesn’t change the fact that I see green.

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Oh_ffs_seriously@reddit

It's moldy gray.

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LincolnAveDrifter@reddit

It's prob like guard green on mustangs. Looks great with black wheels 😍

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Safe_Presentation962@reddit

What? It’s definitely green.

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stakoverflo@reddit

No, even on a decent quality desktop monitor its a shit color

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Dense_Purchase4087@reddit

looks like the Grey green on Honda Odysseys

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AwesomeAndy@reddit

Reminds me of the green iPhone Pro from a few years back. 14 maybe?

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phenix_igloo@reddit

Same. It looks mostly metallic gray with a slightly greenish hue to me.

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Ok-Woodpecker-223@reddit

Matte grey mixed with British racing green imo

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UmaThurmish@reddit

that would be 50% green.

this is like 5% green

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Liesthroughisteeth@reddit

I think it's called Road Blend. Because when other drivers look in your direction the car just blends into the road, which is perfect, unless you WANT people to know you're there.

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tythousand@reddit

I like it

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xdojk@reddit

Mazda has really good colours, I love their reds especially even though there's no way I'd buy a red car unless it was a Ferrari

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ninjastk@reddit

Mixture is like 90% zinc.

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jezwel@reddit

I was hoping for something like the Zeekr green. That colour is beautiful.

Fuck resale value, I keep my cars long enough for that to not matter.

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Bamres@reddit

I like it.

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an_angry_Moose@reddit

I like it too… but I also don’t disagree with the commenters who were hoping it was in the same league as crystal soul red. Mazda should really hit every color that way.

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Bamres@reddit

Yeah a vibrant, metallic green would be cool, but I dont mind this being more subdued

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ItsGizzman@reddit

They literally already have a more vibrant, metallic green called Cypress Green they just introduced last year for their crossovers. I cannot understand how they didn't just use that exact paint for the 26 ND.

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aprtur@reddit

They don't have it, it's a Toyota color and only on the CX-50 because it's built in a shared factory with the Corolla Cross. That's the same reason why you can buy a Corolla Cross in Mazda's Soul Red.

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ItsGizzman@reddit

Ah gotcha, that makes more sense.

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Bamres@reddit

My dad has one in that color and its nice

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Pogys@reddit

No, they really shouldn't.

Signed, Auto body painter

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an_angry_Moose@reddit

Hah!

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Capri280@reddit

Zinc Green Metallic takes its inspiration from the color and texture of zinc chromate primer

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doug_Or@reddit

I wonder if the formulation has changed over the years? Classically Zinc Chromate primer was a bright yellow-green

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GhostofDaiLi@reddit

Work in a facility that sprays it. It's still bright yellow-green.

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SothaSil@reddit

What a weird choice by mazda to flex that their paint is inspired by primer and also be wrong

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GhostofDaiLi@reddit

Tbf the last object I laid eyes on that was painted that color was the cockpit of an A6M5 so maybe it evokes some feelings?

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isailing@reddit

Oooh, industrial anti-corrosive coatings. Sexy.

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Fatigue-Error@reddit

Everything is shades of primer these days, or red. Give us more colors! Miatas actually need brighter colors to be noticed on the road, it’s arguably a safety issue.

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yourmommaisaho@reddit

"Develops"

GM and the 1995 DGGM Impala SS would like a word

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Life_Menu_4094@reddit

Not a patch on the old Kermit green Mazda2.

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ZaheerAlGhul@reddit

I had low expectations and I'm still disappointed.

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SaintTastyTaint@reddit

I miss fun, vibrant colours that pop, not everything trying to be drabby bladerunner-chic.

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Windows-XP-Home-NEW@reddit

Why is this such big news? Genuinely who cares?

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NobleGas18@reddit

Shittiest hue of green ever. This is worse than no green option.

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countingthedays@reddit

Why is this news on every car sub? It's a color.

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cruzge@reddit

Mazda were like “whoops we put too much green in this grey, guess we have to roll with it.”

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zoned_off@reddit

How are you gonna announce a brand new color and showcase it with only 1 photo that appears to be washed out?

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NoodleBooch@reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/Miata/comments/1tt5dy8/more_zinc_green_metallic_nd_photos/

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The_Bucket_Of_Truth@reddit

Wow it's so underwhelming

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Ecsta@reddit

Wow somehow it looks even more boring and sad in high res.

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rugbyj@reddit

They haven't invented pixels yet that can display it properly.

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OreeOh@reddit

Yeah imagine it looks like Alfa's green in person lol

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Recoil42@reddit

There are two images, one with a closeup of the paint. Look in the sidebar.

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stakoverflo@reddit

1 low res image, at that!

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BioDriver@reddit

Does Mazda’s paint contest only allow for gray tones or something??

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popsicle_of_meat@reddit

They have such an insanely attractive red, too. Before opening the link I was expecting a headline-worthy awesome color. This "green" is super disappointing.

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TheRealAbiril@reddit

Exactly I'm desperate for a beautiful deep green that shines in the sun the way soul crystal red goes from deep to bright.

They could even come out with a deeper version like they did with the red for their "super premium" stuff

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TheRealAbiril@reddit

Yet another gray, pass

Give me colour you cowards

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The_Iron_Ranger@reddit

Millennial Green

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IsometricRain@reddit

Millennials are 100% picking british racing green, irish green, aston racing green, and verde ermes all day over this desaturated crap.

Hell, Nissan just announced a green for the Z that actually looks great.

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UndercoverGTR@reddit

Yes the new Z facelift has Unryu/Shinkai Green which looks outstanding IMO, also available with a tan interior

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Fine_Abbreviations32@reddit

Doesn’t matter if it’s green or grey, it’ll change to a nice rusty red in a few years.

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ZM326@reddit

I'd buy that for a dollar

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meatmacho@reddit

Seems this is trending. Nissan has their Baltic Teal that seems similar. Which I think looks great with the chestnut leather interior.

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Snaggl3t00t4@reddit

So...green?

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lemonhello@reddit

It looks like the green of a 1995 Honda civic that’s been sun damaged

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ItsKlobberinTime@reddit

I have a "Gotta Have it Green" car.

It is green.

That "Zinc Green Metallic" is not green.

That's just grey that's been wafted past a can of green paint.

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reward72@reddit

Why can't they just make a "soul green" that has the same depth and vibrancy as their "soul red"?! That would be perfect. But noooo... it must be another dull color. Heck, they even gave it a dull grey top, dull black wheels and an equally dull geriatric beige interior. Come on Mazda! The Miata is fun. Give us fun colors.

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GravyNeck@reddit

Make Cars Green Again

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bhop_monsterjam@reddit

the NC had such a good (but limited) green-black combo too...

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Plastic_Willow734@reddit

Nardo gray and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race

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PEEWUN@reddit

Audi, you will pay for your crimes...

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PEEWUN@reddit

Green is not a creative color.

Certainly not this one, at least.

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Least_Confidence_225@reddit

Mazda’s version of I want grey but I’m afraid of being called boring.

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Nostra_Damoose@reddit

Are auto manufacturers allergic to a proper green or something?

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testthrowawayzz@reddit

I like greens but this ain’t it. Why can’t we get more bright colors that’s not white?

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heimos@reddit

Develop and release that new rotary sports car already

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newcarguy2019@reddit

Jeez people complain about everything.

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Anteater_Reasonable@reddit

Reminds me of Volvo’s new slightly greenish gray. Boring. Why doesn’t Mazda have a good blue or purple?

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ThatsnotaVol-VO@reddit

Yep came to post the same. Forest Lake Green. Which I get on a Volvo as they’ve been doing the muted grayish colors for a while now, but I expected something bolder from Mazda.

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sunburstbox@reddit

mazda is colorblind

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Froloswaggin@reddit

kinda looks like the hakone color

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clintnorth@reddit

And this is a news story why?

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izwald88@reddit

Wonder if it'll be as shitty and fragile as Soul Red Crystal Metallic.

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Safe_Presentation962@reddit

I don’t understand how yall are looking at that and calling it gray. It’s clearly green. No it’s not a bold saturated green, but it’s very much green.

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Safe_Presentation962@reddit

I love it!

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Humillionaire@reddit

Come back, zinc!

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dimebag2011@reddit

Nardo Grey did irreparable damage to car colors

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platypus_farmer42@reddit

Of all the metallic greens I have loved, that was underwhelming

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dattroll123@reddit

The industry is stuck in pleasantville

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Privateer_Lev_Arris@reddit

Eww

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Techiastronamo@reddit

grey

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avoidhugeships@reddit

Not the best green but more color is always welcome.

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argent_pixel@reddit

Borderline looks like a slate on my monitor.

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Kaiathebluenose@reddit

idk how anyone is making judgements based off that shit photo

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PROfessorShred@reddit

So British Racing Green but teal?

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Technical-Hour1300@reddit

If you can pair it with the tan interior on Club or Grand Touring this will be okay, but if not, its a missed opportunity. British Racing Green would have been a significantly more compelling choice.

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bobj33@reddit

Higher res photo

https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2991566/Mazda_MX_5_Zinc_Green.jpg?p=original

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stakoverflo@reddit

"Green"

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FluroBlack@reddit

Dreaming of something like the 90s metallic teal or Jeeps bikini blue 🫩

It’s a damn fucking shame there are no interesting colors for the Miata unless you want red or that super limited plain orange from 2019…

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gunfox@reddit

I like it

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Baby-girl-54321@reddit

The paint looks better in person than in the name.

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Jefefrey@reddit

Please put it on the cx5 and cx70

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J_NonServiam@reddit

This is about as "green" as Subarus new purple is "purple"

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Low-Umpire236@reddit

Was hoping for a British racing green.

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GoddamnIronTiger@reddit

Like most folks here I’m disappointed it isn’t brighter or like… actually green at all.

Another thing though, Mazda paint is notoriously hard to accurately match by body shops given the way it’s applied to the car.

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backpackrack@reddit

Black and white are super easy to paint match, polymetal and machine grey are tough but soul red is a fucking nightmare apparently because the clear coat is tinted.

Jet Black Mica is easy as I (not a pro) covered well over 150 paint chips on the front end alone after a few track days and spirited autobahn runs. It collected paint chips like no vehicle I have ever had before.

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GoddamnIronTiger@reddit

Yeah I was thinking of Soul Red specifically. Had an RX-8 in that color and my brother-in-law is a bodyshop guy and said it was a nightmare.

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backpackrack@reddit

The RX8 never came in Soul Red. Did you repaint it in Soul Red or do you mean Velocity Red?

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GoddamnIronTiger@reddit

Copper red I guess. Whatever they called the factory red for the RX8

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stakoverflo@reddit

So sick of these cowardly "colors". Give us something saturated for fucks sake.

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Prince_Nipples@reddit

Mazda paint team made Soul Red Crystal then took the rest of the year off 😭

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JayPie42@reddit

Great colour... for a tank

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ExtruDR@reddit

You know what? instead of another basic gray option, I'll take one with a green tint.

It seems that nowadays if someone wants a bold color they will pay for a wrap anyway. Seems like a not-bad option since the special colors always end up being almost as expensive as getting a wrap done anyway.

In a semi-fantasy world, I'd buy my Taycan in a dark gray metallic but have the wrap done in Laguna Seca Blue for shits and giggles, and if I get bored with that I can get another wrap done in a couple of years.

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PaulClarkLoadletter@reddit

500 shades of gray. Car buyers are afraid of colors so they go with the “safe” choice. It’s why trade in values on grayscale vehicles are higher.

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rainbowgeoff@reddit

A dull green.

Not enough brighty colored cars. Everyone buys for resale value. Black, beige, white, gray, or fuck off.

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jonnyrocket@reddit

Thats awesome. Put it on a turbo rotary platform and I'll buy one today.

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VladimirSteel@reddit

It should have been closer to that bright green they used to have on the Mazda 2

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Quick_Coyote_7649@reddit

So teal?

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Kongary@reddit

The safe "I can let it get dusty for a bit" grey-green. Not the vibrant green I'd be looking for when time to shop again. Maybe looks better in real life. Nori Green Pearl on Lexus is one green recently that made an impression.

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owleaf@reddit

It looks like the colour Kia has been using for a while now. Why did this need a press release?

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TheReaperSovereign@reddit

Better than that ugly ass tan color they rolled out a couple years ago

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WorldClassPianist@reddit

Mazda allergic to color

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nick1158@reddit

Mazdas colors outside of their red are so boring

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Bizaro_Stormy@reddit

Wow another gray from Mazda, going to go out and buy a Miata asap lol.

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Sad-Mobile9646@reddit

Haha I love it, but it’s def very of this time.

Also, maybe develop some decent cars worth putting it on apart from the Miata?

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Euphoriam5@reddit

This is actually pretty shit. I prefer Forest Greeb

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rhunter99@reddit

Not as thrilling as their fabulous red

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InsuranceByBill@reddit

The colour is nice enough in a "I don't want grey, but sort of do want grey" way. Would look great on a small truck. Ridgeline in that colour? Oh heavens.

But a green version of what they did with Soul Red would be amazing.

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Hercusleaze@reddit

I wonder if this color will pop in the right sun light like their Soul Red Crystal does. Soul Red doesn't really photograph well either. Can't wait to see it in person.

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TheDistantEnd@reddit

Grey-n!

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DoubleFudge101@reddit

I’m not colorblind and that’s not green

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Averyphotog@reddit

I’m sorry, green-ish gray is the best we can do.

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zl3395@reddit

They really love their Grays. Polymetal, Aero, Machine, and now Zinc Gray Metallic.

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TargetBoy@reddit

Almost the same color as my Chevy Beretta was. I only had that because I was cheap enough to take the dealer discount on a color that wasn't selling.

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dec7td@reddit

Borrrriiiing

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Secure-Side-3835@reddit

I need more photos of how it looks on different models and different lighting conditions. Mazda does make great colors overall.

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rumblegod@reddit

This is a premium color.
Very nice graphite anthracite green gray color

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_bfmc@reddit

Slow month huh

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AndreLeGeant88@reddit

Can Mazda stop with the dull colors please?

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mechabeast@reddit

But does it have the same body length, height, width, weight, wheel base, and wheel track as the '64 Skylark?

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lesubreddit@reddit

Seems like something Aston Martin would do

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nimama3233@reddit

Similarly, was just thinking this would look nice on a Range Rover. Not sure I love it on a Miata

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no_blankets_son@reddit

Big if true

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RagingLeonard@reddit

We used to be a proper country. Now we're 50 shades of Grey.

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PabloIceCreamBar@reddit

Give me a saddle brown interior and you’ve got quite a combo.

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disposablepresence@reddit

With silver/gray wheels and it's a perfect spec.

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MaybeAlice1@reddit

Why can we not have color in our lives? I swear every car lot around here is just a see of black/white/grey. Maybe the occasional apologetically red car.

I want someone to campaign on having the NHTSA set a minimum saturation for car colors.

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plasma_yak@reddit

Looks kind of the like the green from the NFS Pro-street RX-7

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happy_2_c_u@reddit

Not bad. Would like to see more photos.

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imnoherox@reddit

Damn, that’s elegant.

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maxboondoggle@reddit

So yet another variation of gray…

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SuperToll9000@reddit

Inspired by industrial primer… Only you Mazda

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lurpeli@reddit

We'll do anything to the MX5 except make a new one

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Sufficient-Rope-9123@reddit

ideal

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OktayOe@reddit

Looks great. I like it.

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SprackenZieEnglish@reddit

Only Mazda puts out press releases for new car colors. Meanwhile, every German manufacturer has a catalog of every color ever made as well as those that only certain birds can actually see. I don't need to know when Mazda "develops a new" beige, grey, or red anymore. Now with that said, hell yeah new green Miat!

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MrTyeFox@reddit

I quite like this color actually, but that’s because I like boring colors. This really is the most desaturated green I’ve ever seen haha